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This class comprises the persistence of particular value ranges of the properties of a particular thing or things, over a timespan. The identity of an instance of I11 Situation is given by
prescribing kinds of properties and a particular timespan and optionally the spatial area. This prescription of properties enables the possibility of observing the values of those  properties prescribed, that hold in the specified timespan and spatial area.

In general, there are no natural boundaries to the combination of the kinds of properties or the space and the timespan under consideration upon defining a situation, other than the interest and ability of the observer to do so. Therefore, this class is purely epistemological in nature, describing arbitrary units of observation of the world.

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